Sony's MHS-CM1 and MHS-PM1 Webbie HD cams teach your kids to upload

Tired of seeing your child come home from school in tears, only to find that all the cool cats in the playground were telling him / her to get a real pocket camcorder if they wanted to join the clique? Never fear, as Sony has just introduced two new Webbie HD cameras for giving your youngsters the chance to capture spontaneous moments in glorious high-def. The MHS-CM1 and MHS-PM1 both grab live action video in 1,440 x 1,080/30p and take stills at 5 megapixels; uploading the MP4 results are said to be a snap thanks to the embedded software that handles most of the hard work. They're available in two designs and three "stylish" colors (eggplant, orange and silver), and while the CM1 (available now for $200) gets gifted with a 2.5-inch swivel LCD and a 5x optical zoom, the four-ounce PM1 (ships in April for $170) goes screenless and sticks to a 4x digital zoom.

Gallery: Sony's MHS-CM1 and MHS-PM1 Webbie HD cams teach your kids to upload

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[Hashbrown Hunter @ Jan 7th 2009 8:50PM]

That's...sort of cool actually. If only it were cheaper....

Wait, let me fix that:

If only the new Sony products were cheaper...

[FILA @ Jan 7th 2009 9:19PM]

Damn

[Bill @ Jan 7th 2009 10:07PM]

Kids nothing, I might buy one of these for casual videos. $200 is a great price for all of those features. The picture above is of the PM1. The CM1 (available now) looks different. Too bad you need to buy proprietary Memory Sticks.

[ecking01 @ Jan 7th 2009 11:44PM]

I might pick up the horizontal one and use it in 720p and use it for times with I've got to film my main cam (product reviews) and *ahem*home porn*ahem*

[David @ Jan 8th 2009 12:47AM]

That's cool, I think i might want one. Wish it came in blue thou, maybe it'll come in blue later on, HOPEFULLY!!!, Does it have a flash on it as well?

[Han @ Jan 8th 2009 1:38PM]

Now only if it will have image stabilization that the flip's are lacking.

[Nate @ Jan 9th 2009 2:19PM]

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665736688

"SteadyShot® Image Stabilization : SteadyShot™ image stabilization"

If this is true, I'm buying one.